How common is the surname Cartier?

2,873 people in the United States had the surname Cartier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,465 Americans. It ranked 11,061st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cartier?

Jacques Cartier, Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557), followed by Rudolph Cartier.

Where is the surname Cartier most common?

Wikidata records people named Cartier in the Kingdom of France, Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Cartier getting more or less common?

More common. 2,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,873 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Cartier

A surname, carried by 2,873 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cartier is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,873 people named Cartier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,465 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,682.

#11,061

rank among US surnames

2,873

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,893)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,054	Béres	2,876	107,352
#11,057	Hopwood	2,875	107,390
#11,060	Ehrhardt	2,874	107,427
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577

Who is named Cartier

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Cartier identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cartiers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
Rudolph Cartier
Austrian television director (1904-1994)
Walter Cartier
American boxer (1924-1995)

Notable Cartiers come mostly from the Kingdom of France (1), Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cartier

Cartier has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

Where does the surname Cartier come from?: The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).
How common is the surname Cartier?: 2,873 people in the United States had the surname Cartier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,465 Americans. It ranked 11,061st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cartier?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cartier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cartier?: Jacques Cartier, Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557), followed by Rudolph Cartier.
Where is the surname Cartier most common?: Wikidata records people named Cartier in the Kingdom of France, Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Cartier getting more or less common?: More common. 2,682 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,873 in 2010, up 7.1%.